Vocabulary quiz Unit 1

What is the definition of the following word : acquire

• Provide with shelter

• Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

• Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

• Call for and obtain payment of

What is the definition of the following word : comprehend

• Get the meaning of something

• The cognitive condition of someone who understands

• To become aware of through the senses

• Understanding of the nature, meaning, quality or magnitude of something

What is the definition of the following word : contradict

• Make politically neutral and thus inoffensive

• Deny the truth of

• Go against, as of rules and laws

• Be in contradiction with

What is the definition of the following word : correlate

• To bear a reciprocal or mutual relation

• Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

• Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

• Guarantee financial support of

What is the definition of the following word : demonstrate

• A glass container used to store and display items in a shop, museum or home

• A setting in which something can be displayed to best effect

• 1. (computing) an instance of a data type that contains other objects

• Give an exhibition of to an interested audience

What is the definition of the following word : distinguish

• Mark as different

• See or hear differences; identify a particular part or parts of a whole; detect with difficulty

• Become more focused on an area of activity or field of study

• Be specific about

What is the definition of the following word : elucidate

• Make clear and (more) comprehensible

• Cause to take on a definite and clear shape

• Finish a task completely

• Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

What is the definition of the following word : explicate

• Make plain and comprehensible

• Make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation

• Undergo development or evolution

• Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

What is the definition of the following word : generalize

• Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use

• Make understandable to the general public

• Draw from specific cases for more general cases

• Become widely known and passed on

What is the definition of the following word : hypothesize

• Regard something as probable or likely

• To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

• Look forward to the probable occurrence of

• Have as a feature; convey